We obsess over YouTube stars for different reasons than we like traditional Hollywood stars. Those celebs seem so perfect -- we can only dream about living their glamorous lives. But on YouTube, we root for the people who are sort of unpolished, a little weird even.

Braveness means accepting rejection but treating failure as an essential part of success. True bravery is the realization that other women are not your competitors and that we can all assist one another. It's also about wholeness.

The girls you see superglued to their phones aren't just distracted or self-involved, as teenagers are often dismissed as being. Those girls are creating their personal brands on Twitter, launching fashion careers on Tumblr and starting their own businesses on Etsy.

I'm happy for the power women of Silicon Valley getting more media coverage and inspiring young working women everywhere to become a chief executive of a Fortune 500 company. But getting more women interested in technology and leadership has to start at a younger age, and thank god for Seventeen magazine for putting Internet entrepreneur Stacey Ferreira on the cover of the October issue of Seventeen.

If you have picked up a copy of Seventeen magazine, you will surely have seen this year's Pretty Amazing Winner, Stacey Ferreira, featured on the cover. At the age of 18, Stacey founded MySocialCloud, an online security company that securely stores usernames and passwords for people and companies all across the globe.